Title:'Brown babies' in postwar Europe : the Italian caseAuthor(s):PATRIARCA, SilvanaDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/03Abstract:The paper addresses the issue of the persistence of the idea of race in its close intersection with ideas of national identities in post-1945 Europe, by looking at the racialization of the children of European women and ...

Title:Religious dimensions of political conflict and violenceAuthor(s):BRUBAKER, RogersDate:2016Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2016/05Abstract:How should we understand the religious dimensions of political conflict and political violence? One view sees religiously grounded conflict and violence as sui generis, with a distinctive logic or causal texture. The ...

Title:Human rights experimentalismAuthor(s):DE BURCA, GrainneDate:2015Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2015/02Abstract:This paper argues that the way in which international human rights treaty systems function can best be understood through the lens of experimentalist governance theory. Drawing on evidence from the operation of three UN ...

Title:Laws and NormsAuthor(s):BENABOU, Roland; TIROLE, JeanDate:2011-01-01Type:OtherSeries/Number:EUI MWP LS; 2011/05Abstract:This paper analyzes how private decisions and public policies are shaped by personal and societal preferences ("values"), material or other explicit incentives ("laws") and social sanctions or rewards ("norms"). It first ...